A New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
**The first in a charming, joyful crime series set in 1920s Bangalore,
featuring sari-wearing detective Kaveri and her husband Ramu. Perfect
for fans of Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies Detective
Agency.**When clever, headstrong Kaveri moves to Bangalore to marry
handsome young doctor Ramu, she's resigned herself to a quiet life.
But that all changes the night of the party at the Century Club, where
she escapes to the garden for some peace and quiet-and instead spots an
uninvited guest in the shadows. Half an hour later, the party turns into
a murder scene.
When a vulnerable woman is connected to the crime, Kaveri becomes
determined to save her and launches a private investigation to find the
killer, tracing his steps from an illustrious brothel to an Englishman's
mansion. She soon finds that sleuthing in a sari isn't as hard as it
seems when you have a talent for mathematics, a head for logic, and a
doctor for a husband . . .
And she's going to need them all as the case leads her deeper into a
hotbed of danger, sedition, and intrigue in Bangalore's darkest
alleyways.